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[24 Jan 2012 | Comments Off | ]
The Third Annual SVNACD Dinner with FEI

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2012

5:30-8:30 p.m.

Location:
Palo Alto Hills Golf & Country Club
3000 Alexis Drive
Palo Alto, CA

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[27 May 2011 | No Comment | ]
A View from the Audit Committee: Risk Oversight and Assessment

Watch SVNACD’s latest video podcast!

Interview with Robert Finocchio, Chairman of the Board, Santa Clara University

Hosted by James Balassone, Executive-in-Residence, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics

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[26 Apr 2011 | Comments Off | ]
A View from the Audit Committee: Risk Oversight and Assessment

THURSDAY, MAY 19, 2011

7:30-8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:00-9:30 a.m. Program

Location:
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304

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[21 Mar 2011 | Comments Off | ]
Yet More Federal Regulation: How Dodd-Frank Impacts Silicon Valley Companies

THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2011

7:30-8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:00-9:30 a.m. Program

Location:
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304

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[20 Dec 2010 | Comments Off | ]
ERM: Governance’s Current “Hot Spot”

THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2011

7:30-8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:00-9:30 a.m. Program

Location:
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304

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[1 Dec 2010 | No Comment | ]
Building an Ethical Culture (Part 1)

Joint Venture with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics

Interview with: Michael Hackworth, Chairman, Cirrus Logic, Inc
Hosted by: Lon Allan, Chairman, SVNACD

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[22 Nov 2010 | No Comment | ]
Video Podcast: Avoiding the Crosshairs

* A primer on anticorruption laws relevant to U.S. Companies, especially the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)
* Discussion of the ramifications of the new whistleblower provision of the Dodd-Frank Act, particularly as it relates to FCPA enforcement
* Insight into the nuts and bolts of investigating FCPA allegations and dealing with the Department of Justice and SEC
* Understanding the need for proactive compliance efforts and what such efforts might be

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[7 Nov 2010 | One Comment | ]
Enhancing Shareholder Value: What’s Hot in M&A and IP — With the SEC Looking Over Your Shoulder

Interview with: Greg Davidson, a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Patrick Murphy, Counsel to WilmerHale
Darin Snyder, a partner in O’Melveny & Myers

Hosted by: Russ Bertuccelli, Director of Grant Thornton LLP and member of the Board of SVNACD

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[27 Sep 2010 | No Comment | ]
Chairmen Speak about Board Member Performance

Watch SVNACD’s latest video podcast!

Interview with: Philip “Flip” Gianos, Chairman of Xilinx
Charles “Chuck” Robel, Chairman of McAfee

Hosted by: Mark Lonergan, member of the Board of SVNACD and Founder and Managing Partner of Lonergan Partners

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[12 Aug 2010 | No Comment | ]
SVNACD Presents:  Enhancing Shareholder Value: What’s Hot in M&A and IP — With the SEC Looking Over Your Shoulder

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21
Registration is open!

• What’s the “antidote” for the financial crisis hangover?
• How is the M&A market impacted by the lack of the IPO market?
• Do recent developments in Delaware law help or hurt Management?
• Will Dodd-Frank increase Director’s fiduciary duty and thus Director liability?
• How to deal with patent trolls: emerging best defenses
• What’s the fuss about patent marking?